JEDEDIAH: JANICE DEAN IS
TRACKING IT.
JANICE, WHAT'S THE LATEST?
>> THE LATEST IS, YEAH, UP TO A
CATEGORY 5.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST ON THE
SAFFER SIMPSON SCALE IN TERMS OF
CATEGORIES OF STORMS.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN,
160 MILE PER HOUR SUSTAINED
WINDS, A PERFECT BEAST OF A
STORM.
THAT CENTER OF THE STORM IS A
PERFECT CIRCLE.
THERE'S NO CLOUD IN THE EYE.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL FOUR
QUADRANTS OF THIS STORM ARE
PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL.
VERY RARE TO SEE A CATEGORY 5.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
AND THEY HAVE CERTAINLY UPGRADED
IT.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 164,
150, 160, NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE,
BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
BEAUTIFUL THE STORM LOOKS ON
SATELLITE PRESENTATION AND HOW
POTENTIALLY DEADLY THE STORM
WILL BE FOR THE BAHAMAS.
PRAYERS FOR THE BAHAMAS BECAUSE
THIS STORM IS GOING TO SLOW DOWN
AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE WORST
POSSIBLE HURRICANE, THE WORST
POSSIBLE STORM ON YOUR DOORSTEP
JUST CRAWLING ALONG, THAT IS
GOING TO BE DEVASTATING FOR
PARTS OF THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS, UNFORTUNATELY.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
THE TRACK HASN'T CHANGED MUCH
BUT I WANT TO POINT YOUR
ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE
CONE HAS MOVED A LITTLE BIT
WESTWARD.
A LOT OF FOLKS PAY ATTENTION TO
THE CENTER.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO PAY
ATTENTION TO THE CENTER.
BECAUSE AS WE GO FURTHER OUT IN
TIME THERE IS A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM AS
SOON AS IT FORMED.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD INDICATION
OF WHERE THE CENTER OF THE STORM
WAS.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO
OVER PUERTO RICO.
IT WENT NORTH OF PUERTO RICO.
SO I WILL TELL YOU OLIVE
RELIABLE FORECAST MODELS THAT WE
LOOK AT, THERE'S A LOT OF
QUESTION MARKS.
SO I WANT EVERYONE ALONG THE
EAST COAST OF FLORIDA TO PAY
CLOSE ATTENTION.
THIS IS NOT JUST AN EASY
FORECAST.
THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO SLOW
DOWN, WHEN DOES IT SLOW DOWN?
WE'RE AT 8 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT
NOW, BARRELING WESTWARD.
WHEN DOES IT MOVE NORTHWARD?
I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A GOOD
INDICATION OF THAT.
SO I NEED EVERYONE TO PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION AS THE STORM CONTINUES
TO MOVE WESTWARD.
IT'S WHEN IT'S GOING TO MAKE
THAT NORTHWARD CURVE THAT WE
MIGHT BE OUT OF THE WOODS.
BUT BECAUSE THE STORM IS GOING
TO SLOW DOWN AND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A HURRICANE FOR NOT JUST
HOURS, BUT DAYS, THAT IS MY
CONCERN.
MY CONCERN IS THE COMPUTER
MODELS START GOING MORE WESTWARD
AND NOW THAT CONE HAS SHIFTED
AND WE COULD BE DEALING WITH NOT
JUST A TROPICAL STORM BUT A
HURRICANE ON BOARD THE EAST KOSE
OF FLORIDA.
BIG INFORMATION MERE CATEGORY 5.
DON'T SEE IT VERY OFTEN.
POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING, DEADLY
BLOW TO THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS
AND THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA,